MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-92.52 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -92.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 57 SFC 993 121 25.4 18.0 64 7.3 20.4 200 6 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.7 13.23 2 950 506 22.7 17.2 71 5.5 18.9 205 19 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.6 13.12 3 900 974 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 209 23 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.8 12.97 4 850 1463 15.0 14.8 99 0.2 14.8 217 25 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.7 12.51 5 800 1975 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 226 26 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.6 11.16 6 750 2514 9.2 8.9 97 0.4 9.0 231 27 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.5 9.56 7 700 3084 6.1 5.7 98 0.4 5.8 236 31 309.2 310.7 292.9 334.4 8.24 8 650 3689 2.8 1.8 94 0.9 2.2 234 38 312.1 313.4 292.6 333.1 6.74 9 600 4333 -0.4 -4.0 77 3.6 -2.2 231 48 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.7 4.75 10 550 5023 -5.4 -11.2 64 5.8 -7.8 231 53 317.6 318.2 291.0 327.3 2.96 11 500 5765 -8.8 -29.1 18 20.3 -13.8 232 55 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.8 0.69 12 450 6572 -14.2 -34.8 16 20.7 -18.3 235 57 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.44 13 400 7454 -20.5 -48.4 6 27.9 -23.9 235 67 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.12 14 350 8425 -28.4 -43.0 23 14.7 -30.1 235 69 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9511 -37.3 -42.1 60 4.9 -37.7 242 63 332.9 332.9 292.8 334.1 0.31 16 250 10740 -47.4 -51.8 60 4.4 -47.6 246 68 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.13 17 200 12200 -51.1 -74.7 4 23.6 -51.5 259 63 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14026 -61.0 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.2 261 58 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16498 -70.0 -86.6 7 16.6 -70.1 253 38 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.61 m Freezing level: 606.88 mb = 4244.49 m = 13925.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.61 mb = 4009.56 m = 13154.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.22 mb = 1048.59 m = 3440.21 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 13.96 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1376.72 m = 4516.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.14 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 38.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.33 mb = 1192.30 m = 3911.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.33 mb = 1845.70 m = 6055.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.33 mb = 10944.25 m = 35905.88 ft B at Equ Level: 586.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.33 mb = 13145.05 m = 43126.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 7.89 Bulk Shear: 74.49 m/s